A SHORT HISTORY OF THE COST PER DEFECT METRIC Version 1.1. May 5‚ 2009 Abstract The oldest metric for software quality economic study is that of “cost per defect.” While there may be earlier uses‚ the metric was certainly used within IBM by the late 1960’s for software; and probably as early as 1950’s for hardware. As commonly calculated the cost-per-defect metric measures the hours associated with defect repairs and the numbers of defects repaired and then multiplies the results
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Misleading Graphs Team C Introduction to Statistics—QNT/273 February 7‚ 2011 Jeffrey McDonough Misleading Graphs “Graphs give a visual representation that enables readers to analyze and interpret data more easily than they could simply by looking at numbers. However‚ inappropriately drawn graphs can misrepresent the data and lead the reader to false conclusions” (Bluman‚ 2009‚ p.76). Some methods used by graph makers to mislead consumers are truncated axis starting points and using two
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introduce a mid-priced 2 version of the firm’s DC6900 minicomputer product line-the DC6900-X minicomputer. The DC6900-X would sell for $ 3900‚ 3 with unit variable costs of $ 1‚800. Projections made by an independent marketing research firm indicate that the DC6900-X 4 would achieve a sales volume of 500‚000 units next year‚ in its first year of commercialization. One-half of the first year’s 5 volume would come from competitors minicomputers and market growth. However
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Cornelia Fuller Survey of Mathematical Methods Liar Liar Tonya Meisner September 16th‚ 2012 This week’s assignment is about the use of misleading statistics. Companies and individuals use statistics in a variety of way in order to provide information on certain things. The use of misleading statistics‚ while not ethical‚ could be viewed as valuable‚ if it increases profit margins or awareness of the stated topic of the statistic in a biased way. Question number 8 provides a statistic that
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described by: Q = 5000 - 200P Firm 1 has a unit cost of production c1 equal to 6 whereas firm 2 has a higher unit cost of production c2 equal to 10. a. What is the Bertrand-Nash equilibrium outcome? b. What are the profits for each firm? c. Is this outcome efficient? Answer: (a) At equilibrium‚ assuming that if both firms charge the same price‚ then the firms split the market evenly. (b) The higher cost firm makes zero profit‚ whereas the lower cost firm’s profit is (c) No‚
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Assignment: Fixed and Variable Costs‚ Break-Even Point Exercise 10.1 Recompute fixed costs‚ variable costs‚ and the BEP. What are the variable costs? What are the fixed costs? How many meals will the WHDM program need to provide during the fiscal year to reach the BEP? How much profit will the program earn if it completes its 45‚000-meal contract with the City of Westchester? The variable cost of service is $3.93 during the fiscal year the WHDM should provide 1‚011 meals to reach their
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to the plaintiff. The most heavily weighed factor is the advertisement’s potential to injure a customer. The injury is usually attributed to money the consumer lost through a purchase that would not have been made had the advertisement not been misleading. False statements can be defined in two ways: those that are false on their face and those that are implicitly false. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1124853/ deception (bedrog) deceptive (bedrieglijk) http://legal-dictionary
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Jaclyn Caturano Webliography #1 Misleading Research One of the most popular advertisements shown on TV‚ billboards or magazines is for make-up. Many of these make-up ads are for foundation where the models are portrayed as having beautiful‚ young‚ healthy and flawless faces. Along with the photos are things such as‚ “Skin looks 5 years younger in 4 weeks” or “lashes 2X more volume”. In reality many of these advertisements have been edited and have had post- production Photoshop. In July‚ the
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businesses are transforming labor into a more flexible (and variable) cost. Among such companies are Hewlett-Packard‚ General Electric‚ DuPont‚ Sun Microsystems‚ and British Airways. Discuss whether direct labor is a fixed or a variable cost. What are the pros and cons of management treating direct labor as a variable cost? Are there ethical issues to be considered here? Direct labor can be classified as a fixed cost or a variable cost‚ depending on how flexible the employer needs to be/can be with
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from time to time. Either the pictures may be changed or the script. Sometimes subtle sex appeal is thrown in by advertising agencies. Whether this is ethically correct is a debatable point. Of course there are advertisements which are really misleading. Some medicines that are advertised claim to be
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